Not a secret anymore •Marco Reus / Lionel Messi•

Chapter 3

Wednesday

"So coffee?" Lena asked as we stepped out of the school. I nodded and put on my sunglasses. "I hate this weather. Once it's sunny and then it starts raining in 5 minutes." I mumbled under my breath. Marcel sent me a message if I wanna meet them all today, but I replied that I'm too tired. I know that lying to them is not the right thing, but I needed to do it. I had to. And when I think about it, I wasn's lying that much. Because I really am tired of hiding what I feel and acting like I wanna be just friends. We reached the cafe after a while of walking and so we came in. "Black coffee without milk." I told the girl behind the counter and she nodded. Lena ordered her cup and we waited for the girl to bring it to us when somebody cleared his throat behind us.

I turned around and gasped for air. "Hi." I said and Marcel nodded. "Oh, hi guys." Lena said and I couldn't help, but feel that Robin was observing me. "Not tired anymore?" Marco asked and the girl behind the counter patted my shoulder. "Here you are." she said and we took our cups after paying for it. "We'll take a table. Join us." Lena told them and they nodded. We sat down behind a table for 5 people and I felt like crying. "I told them that I'm too tired and now they meet me in a cafe? Genial." I said and Lena sighed. "We'll get out of here soon. I promise." she said and I nodded while I was gripping the cup between my palms. This is so fucked up. I looked on the guys, but looked away as soon as I realized Marco was staring on me.

"Ana do you realize that you can't avoid Marcel and Robin just because you love Marco?" Lena asked and I looked at her. "Don't ever say the love thing loud." I whispered and she rolled her eyes. She's been anoyed with this loving thing for a long time now. 4 weeks ago, she felt like telling Marco. 3 weeks ago, she wanted to beat him because he can't notice. 2 weeks ago, she wanted to beat me because I don't wanna tell him. And this process has been repeating itself for 5 years. "Hello again." Marcel said when he was sitting down. Robin sat down next to me and Marco opposite me. "So Lena, did you help Ana getting out of the 'too tired' mood?" Marcel asked and she giggled. "I'm tired too. You know...lots of work to school." she said and looked at me. I thanked her by my look because she's just lied because of me. "You girls need to have fun too." Robin said while eyeing me and I looked down. Why do I feel like he knows something?

Marco was scrolling through something on his phone while I was sipping my coffee. "Look at this." Marco said and showed Marcel a pic. He laughed and showed us too. It's a blond girl with a paper in front of her. There's written 'love you Marco'. I looked down while the others kept laughing. "Another one." Marco said and chuckled. Photo of a girl in bikini with note 'Marry me. Greetings from Miami'. Cool. It doesn't feel good listening to this. Either I'll cry, ot scream. "Another one?" Marco said and I stood up quickly. I really don't feel like looking at his potentional girlfriends. I took my cup and met Robin's confused look. "I...I...I'm sick." I said and started walking away. Sick? Really clever Ana.

I ran out of the cafe and stopped at the corner. "Ana!" I heard Marco's voice. No. No. Why is he here when I'm about to cry? "Ana." Lena said trying to pull Marco away from hugging me, but couldn't do it. He hugged me and it brought a crack in my heart. I pulled away quickly and looked at them. Robin opened his mouth to say something, but shut it after I saw the thinking look in his eyes. Has...could he find out? Marco had his absolutely confused look on when I pulled away. "I need to go home." I said and started walking away with tears in my eyes. "Wait." Marcel said and spun me around. "You're sick. You won't walk home." Marcel said and I shook my head. No. The last thing I need is being driven home with Marco in the car. "I'll walk. Lena will walk too. I need fresh air." I said and Lena nodded while biting her lip. "B-bye." I said shakily and started walking away with Lena supporting me by her arm.

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"Ana you need to change." Lena said while I kept laying on my sofa crying my sole out. This is so difficult. So painful. "Change what?" I sobbed and she sat down next to me. "You can't run away like that anymore." she said and caressed my cheek. "And what should have I done? I should have continued sitting there looking at all those pictures while my heart would continue breaking?" I exclaimed and took a deep breath. Screaming and crying isn't the best combination. "You'll hurt yourself. This isn't healthy at all!" Lena exclaimed and I turned my back to her. "Ana you can get sick. Ill. Or whatever!" she said and I peeked on her through my wet lashes. "I'm so stupid! I fell for my famous friend!" I exclaimed and Lena was about to say something when the door-bell rang. "Don't." I said trying to stop her from opening it. "You need to answer. What if it's your parents?" she asked and I shook my head. "No. They'd call me." I said and she stood up anyways. "You can't stop answering because of a stupid football player!" she said and I sobbed. "Please just say that I'm not here. Please." I begged and she nodded.

"She's having shower." I heard Lena saying. "Okay. I'll wait for her." Robin's voice. I closed my eyes so that he won't see how red they are. "Haven't you just said she's having shower?" Robin asked Lena. "Y-yeah. Well, I thought...that...I didn't want you to worry about her." Lena said. Thanks God I'm not blind. I can't see what he's doing. Oh. But now, I can feel it. "Ana, wake up." Robin said gently while shaking my shoulder a little. "Are you crazy?!" Lena exclaimed in whisper and he stopped. "Okay, fine. Don't have to tell her I was here." Robin said and I heard footsteps. The door has just been shut. "Open your eyes." Lena said and so I did. "This was close." she said and sat down on the sofa. "I'm sweating." she said and I chuckled. "Ana, promise me, promise that you'll change your behaviour around them." Lena said and I nodded. Either I'll change it, or the truth will be reveled.

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